Pushkin Press is a British-based publishing house dedicated to publishing novels, essays, memoirs and children's books. The London-based company was founded in 1997 and is notable for publishing authors such as

Stefan Zweig Stefan Zweig ( ; ; 28 November 1881 – 22 February 1942) was an Austrian writer. At the height of his literary career, in the 1920s and 1930s, he was one of the most widely translated and popular writers in the world. Zweig was raised in V ...

Marcel Aymé Marcel Aymé (; 29 March 1902 – 14 October 1967) was a French novelist and playwright, who also wrote screenplays and works for children. Biography Marcel André Aymé was born in Joigny, in the Burgundy region of France, the youngest ...

Antal Szerb Antal Szerb (1 May 1901, Budapest – 27 January 1945, Balf, Hungary, Balf) was a noted Hungary, Hungarian scholar and writer. He is generally considered to be one of the most important Hungarian writers of the 20th century. Life and career Sz ...

Paul Morand Paul Morand (13 March 1888 – 24 July 1976) was a French author whose short stories and novellas were lauded for their style, wit and descriptive power. His most productive literary period was the interwar period of the 1920s and 1930s. He was m ...

and

Yasushi Inoue was a Japanese writer of novels, short stories, poetry and essays, noted for his historical and autobiographical fiction. His most acclaimed works include '' The Bullfight'' (''Tōgyū'', 1949), ''The Roof Tile of Tempyō'' (''Tenpyō no iraka' ...

, as well as award-winning contemporary writers, including

Andrés Neuman Andrés Neuman (born 28 January 1977) is an Argentine writer, poet, translator, columnist and blogger. Early life and education The son of Argentine émigré musicians, he was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, to a mother of French and Spanish ...

, Edith Pearlman,

Ayelet Gundar-Goshen Ayelet Gundar-Goshen (Hebrew language, Hebrew: איילת גונדר-גושן; born 1982) is an Israeli clinical psychologist and author. Life Ayelet Gundar-Goshen was born in Israel. She has a master's degree in psychology from Tel Aviv Unive ...

Eka Kurniawan Eka Kurniawan (born November 28, 1975) is an Indonesian writer and screenwriter. In 2016, Kurniawan became the first Indonesian writer to be nominated for the Man Booker International Prize. Early life Kurniawan was born in Tasikmalaya, West ...

and

Ryu Murakami is a Japanese masculine given name and family name meaning "dragon", "noble", "prosperous", or "flow". Ryū, Ryu, or ryu may also refer to: Fiction * ''Ryū'' (manga), a 1986 series by Masao Yajima and Akira Oze * , a 1919 book by Ryūnosuke Aku ...

History

Pushkin Press was founded in 1997 by Melissa Ulfane, whose ambition was to bring literature in translation to the UK. It is notable for rediscovering less known European classics of the twentieth century and is largely responsible for reigniting worldwide interest into authors such as

and

. In 2012, Pushkin Press was bought by Adam Freudenheim, then

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publisher, and Stephanie Seegmuller, a former Penguin senior business development manager. Seegmuller left Pushkin in March 2015. In 2013, Pushkin Press created Pushkin Children's Books, an imprint dedicated to publishing tales for younger readers. In its first year, Pushkin Children's Books published English translations of the French children's series

Oksa Pollock The ''Oksa Pollock'' is a series of seven fantasy children's novels written by French authors Anne Plichota and Cendrine Wolf. Plichota and Wolf initially tried to publish the series through Éditions Gallimard in 2007, but were rejected. The auth ...

Anne Plichota Anne Plichota (born Dijon, 1968) is a French children's author. With her fellow Strasbourg librarian Cendrine Wolf she co-authored Oksa Pollock (2007-2013), a French fantasy series, and a second more "gothic" trilogy Susan Hopper (first novel publ ...

and

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, the first of which, ''The Last Hope'', was the company's bestselling title in 2014. Dutch Classic ''The Letter for the King'' by

Tonke Dragt Antonia "Tonke" Johanna Dragt (; 12 November 1930 – 12 July 2024) was a Dutch writer and illustrator of children's literature. Her book ''De brief voor de koning'' was chosen by Collectieve Propaganda van het Nederlandse Boek, CPNB as the best ...

, translated into English by

Laura Watkinson Laura Watkinson is a British literary translator. She studied languages at St Anne's College, Oxford, and has obtained some postgraduate qualifications since. She has taught at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg and University of Milan. Watkin ...

, has been the company's most successful children's book. Also in Autumn 2013, Pushkin Press created ONE, an imprint focused on literary debuts that publishes one exceptional fiction or non-fiction title a season. All titles published under the ONE imprint were initially commissioned and edited by Elena Lappin. Lappin left Pushkin in 2017, but the ONE imprint continues with the focus on contemporary English-language originals. In 2014, Pushkin Press published

Anthea Bell Anthea Bell (10 May 1936 – 18 October 2018) was an English translator of literary works, including children's literature, from French, German and Danish language, Danish. These include ''The Castle (novel), The Castle'' by Franz Kafka, ''Aus ...

's faithful English translation of

Erich Kästner Emil Erich Kästner (; 23 February 1899 – 29 July 1974) was a German writer, poet, screenwriter and satirist, known primarily for his humorous, socially astute poems and for children's books including ''Emil and the Detectives'' and '' Lisa an ...

's 1949 German children's novel '' The Parent Trap'', the basis for

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's 1961 film adaptation of the same name starring

Hayley Mills Hayley Catherine Rose Vivien Mills (born 18 April 1946) is an English actress. The daughter of Sir John Mills and Mary Hayley Bell and younger sister of actress Juliet Mills, she began her acting career as a child and was hailed as a promisi ...

and its 1998 remake starring

Lindsay Lohan Lindsay Dee Lohan ( ; born July 2, 1986) is an American actress, singer, producer, and businesswoman. Born in New York City and raised on Long Island, Lohan was signed to Ford Models at age three. She appeared as a regular on the soap opera ' ...

. Then in 2020, Australian actress

Ruby Rees Ruby Rees, also known as Ruby Rees-Wemyss, is an Australian actress, director and writer. She is best known for playing “Edith” a main character in '' Picnic at Hanging Rock,'' in 2018, alongside Natalie Dormer and Samara Weaving. Education ...

recorded an unabridged narration of Bell's translation for Bolinda. In September 2015, they launched Pushkin Vertigo, a foreign crime imprint, publishing crime novels translated into English from around the world, notably focusing on Japan and France. In 2024 it won the CWA Dagger for Best Crime and Mystery Publisher. In 2024, Pushkin acquired New Hampshire–based narrative nonfiction publisher Steerforth Press and its sister company, Hanover Publisher Services. Pushkin has had a relationship with the companies since 2014, when Hanover began distributing Pushkin in the U.S. through Penguin Random House Publishers Services.

ONE

Titles published by ONE so far include the Man Booker Prize shortlisted *

Chigozie Obioma Chigozie Obioma (1986) was born in Akure, Nigeria. He is the author of three novels The ''Fishermen'' (2015), An ''Orchestra of Minorities'' (2019) and ''The Road to the Country'' (2024). The Fishermen and An Orchestra of Minorities were final ...

– ''The Fishermen'' (26 February 2015)

Key people

* Publisher & Managing Director: Adam Freudenheim * Deputy Publisher: Laura Macaulay * Editor: Daniel Seton * Publicist: Tabitha Pelly * Editor: Harriet Wade * Head of Marketing: Natalie Ramm * Digital Marketing Executive: Elise Jackson * Editorial Assistant: Rory Williamson * Managing Editor: India Darsley * Children's Editor-at-Large: Sarah Odedina * Children's Editor: Simon Mason

References

External links

Official websitePushkin Children's Books ImprintPushkin ONE ImprintPushkin Collection Imprint
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